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Senior Estates Surveyor

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

About the role

Property Strategy & Estates is one of the three main units of Assets & Environment and is central to both our corporate landlord role and transforming the Council’s estate to meet its needs and aspirations. Key current projects PS&E are engaged in include:

Large scale photovoltaic roll out (solar energy)
Office optimisation – rationalising WNC’s estate for the future of work
Parks development strategy
Large scale EV infrastructure roll out
Estate Climate Strategy
New care home
New children’s homes

As a key member of the Estates team, the Senior Estates Surveyor will have the opportunity to work on an extremely varied and diverse property portfolio. The role will include responsibility for completing a programme of Landlord and Tenant activities, including lease renewals / rent reviews, delivering asset disposals and acquisitions, and providing professional estates advice to colleagues and other stakeholders.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the team and support the Council's objectives of shaping an Estates function that will be an example of best practice, and one that will deliver the best outcomes for the residents of the West Northamptonshire.

What will you be doing?

In the role of a Senior Estates Surveyor, you will have the opportunity to work on an extremely varied case load, covering a diverse property portfolio. Reporting into to the Estates Manager, you’ll be responsible for completing a programme of Landlord and Tenant activities, including lease renewals / rent reviews, and delivering asset disposals and acquisitions to meet the Council’s best value obligations.

You will also be involved in the day-to-day management of the Council's extensive commercial investment portfolio which includes office, retail and industrial properties across West Northamptonshire. As Senior Estates Surveyor, you'll support the Estates Manager and the wider Estates team to minimise outgoing and maximise income. You will also be able to review the portfolio and provide input to support the Council longer term strategic visions for it's commercial estate.

You will deliver high quality professional and technical advice to internal and external clients, and stakeholders, and support the Council’s transformation and property rationalisation agenda.

About you

You’ll bring with you a wealth of experience which will enable you to ensure the efficient and cost-effective running of operational, income producing and strategic sites and individual assets to minimise outgoings and maximise income. Your strong negotiation skills will aid the acquisition and disposal of property, rights, and licences, including compensation claims, as directed. You’ll provide invaluable estates support on legal and contract issues.

Excellent project management skills are essential as you’ll manage complex projects on behalf of the Council and other stakeholders and will plan, identify, and anticipate challenges and obstacles within those projects and work with stakeholders. Your strong communication skills will enable you to represent the team as an interface between Tenants and the Council on operational property matters, and to represent the interests of key stakeholders and to provide good quality professional advice on estate management and valuation matters, and to advise colleagues on professional and technical issues

You will:

Ideally be educated to Degree level or equivalent in an Estates Management or similar discipline
Be a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (or equivalent professional qualification)
Have thorough post-qualification professional experience in urban /rural estate management, including property management, valuations (including Fixed Asset Valuations for accounting purposes) and transactions
Have experience of dealing with complex and high-profile property cases in the public sector
Have experience of formal project management techniques, Equality and Diversity issues and governance within a public sector environment
Have experience of working with the private sector, and driving commercial opportunities from property assets

Our benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits to our employees, these include:

Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 27 days annual leave per year, 28 days for senior managers (pro rata, depending on how many hours per week you work), plus bank holidays. An additional 5 days, linked to continuous service, and ability to purchase up to 6 weeks additional leave per year.
Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.
Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
Car Lease scheme
Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
Ongoing training and development opportunities.
A variety of flexible working options to support your work/life balance, including full or part time, term time, 9-day fortnight, etc. (subject to business needs).
Our West Ways of Working – We want our workforce to thrive, and we equip our employees with the right technology to support hybrid and collaborative working, on or off site, depending on the role.
Making a difference - If you want to use your skills and experience with an organisation that are genuinely invested in making a difference, are committed to improving people's lives, and whose success has a direct impact on the wellbeing of your family, friends and people in your local area, then West Northamptonshire Council is the place for you.

The council is in the process of implementing a new pay structure and terms and conditions which will be applicable to this role.  The outcome could result in a future variation to the advertised salary, and this will be discussed at interview.

About us

We’re a new council, following one of the largest shake-ups in local government reform in recent history. As a new authority, we’re embarking on an exciting journey to deliver exceptional services for our residents, customers and communities.

Our vision at West Northamptonshire Council is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.

At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.

When potential is unlocked, talent thrives.

Choose a career that offers you a true sense of achievement, fills you with pride and challenges you in a positive way, every day.

West Northants Council, where careers thrive.